Obscure and Ancient History


Bronagh o'Hare and Nicola Gray's winning entry in the competition to design a logo for the moss.	The way the logo came out.

Obscure and Ancient History contains part of the archive from the date in 1994 when it became apparent that the forestry comnmission were thinking about selling off Portmoak Moss.

1997 03 15 Newsletter

1997 03 15 newsletter

This is a newsletter

1995 10 21 Bellamy response

'Will do my best. Which Month?'

1995 08 12 kinross show booking

Far more detail about booking a site in the show than anyone now would need

1995 08 00 appeal leaflet

Would you let the chance to protect the moss slip through your fingers

1995 06 27 The Scotsman

Villagers aiming to buy threatened lowland bog.

Residents of a Kinrosshire village are hopeing to buy a local wood containing a stretch of threatened local bogVillagers aiming to buy threatened lowland bog

1995 06 21 Report on Proposed Woodland Sales

Forest Enterprise assessment of the sales prospects of the Moss

1995 06 20 Q’s for P&K planning letter

Spilsted Q's regarding rights, legislation, process etc

1995 06 20 letter to mp Roseanne Cunningham

Letter from Bob Spilsted asking for Roseanne Cunningham's help with the politics of financing the purchase of the Moss

1995 06 20 Bellamy invite

Spilsted letter to David Bellamy asking for his help in preserving Portmoak Moss in perpetuity

1995 05 30 Spilsted letter to rspb

Purchase of portmoak moss. Plea for a bird survey in the Moss

1995 05 15 meeting update woodland trust

Forest Enterprise has accepted Woodland Trust as a potential purchaser. £80000 of which the community must raise one quarter

1994 09 27 2nd meeting Help Save Portmoak Moss

The 2nd meeting at which the Woodland Trust is involved and the birdlife is listed,

1994 07 00 Fife paper appeal story

Mystery Fife paper story about tying to raise money to buy the Moss from the Forestry Commission,Fife paper story

1994 05 10 meeting Portmoak Primary School

The first public meeting involving P and K council and Portmoak community council to discuss the future of the Moss which the Forestry Commission is proposing to sellfirst public meeting

1994 04 25 letter Forestry Commission

The very first response from the Forestry Commission.

1994 00 00 Forestry Commission sale of assets

This is the document where the FC set out their rules of engagement